webfact Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Concern for elderly foreigner left "at Pattaya police station for days" Picture: Siam Chon News Siam Chon News reported on what they said was a pitiable case. They had come across a 70 to 80 year old Western man slumped in a wheelchair at Pattaya police station. The Thai public coming to do business at the police station were aghast and wanted the police to act. The didn't know what to do or say so got out their phones to record the man's plight. He was clearly in a state of distress, they said. Nearby on a chair were his soiled clothes and some shoes. They were unwearable. The media claimed he had been there for three to four days. Posts on the story indicated that he was later picked up by social services and taken away in an ambulance. Many posts from Thais on the story condemned the police for not acting sooner with several claiming they wouldn't help unless there was something in it for them. Source: Siamchon News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-12-24 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard2010 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Share on them I do understand it was not their responsibility But you do have to help people in need Not a very good impression off The Pattaya Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 41 minutes ago, webfact said: with several claiming they wouldn't help unless there was something in it for them Surely seems to be a fact. They should feel ashamed, but unfortunately they do not recognize the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 People concerned that the police did not act sooner ha. What did they expect? Police only act if there is a financial benefit for them. Pathetic situation, shame on you Pattaya police, what a good example you set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 "...they wouldn't help unless there was something in it for them." Got that right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 lock the police in dog cages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhickson Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 interested to know what social services intervened for the guy if hes skint and probable outcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazeeboy Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Anyone getting on in years should think about an exit plan if ever they become ill as no one gives a toss about you in this country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Teavee Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, fhickson said: interested to know what social services intervened for the guy if hes skint and probable outcome If he's a Brit, he's screwed unless they can track down family to pay to repatriate him, British Embassy won't do anything for him. As an aside, I wonder where he slept for those few days, did they put him in a Cell or was he left in a chair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakmuay887 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 did they just leave him in the middle of the room for 3 days? lock him in a holding cell? what are the details here? also who brought him in? Did he wheel himself in? This is appalling to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metempsychotic Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Perhaps a little recrimination is due for those who dumped him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyNets Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Retire to Thailand, spend your last years being ignored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metempsychotic Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Just now, SkyNets said: Retire to Thailand, spend your last years being ignored And that doesnt happen in the west, the elderly stacked like cordwood in homes because their families havent the time or inclination to visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 IMHO The reason he's being ignored that there's no money to be made there, only headaches for the boys in tight khakis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youlike Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 42 minutes ago, colinneil said: Pathetic situation, shame on you Pattaya police, what a good example you set. Shame on Thailand i would think, not only Pattaya, they give the whole police a bad reputation...and we all know that they work so hard ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyNets Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 32 minutes ago, metempsychotic said: And that doesnt happen in the west, the elderly stacked like cordwood in homes because their families havent the time or inclination to visit? Rather be in a care home than a police station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 There is actualy on beachwalk, in front of Mike shopping an old homeless foreigner. Someone knows how i could help him? There are also dozens of Thais homeless living and sleeping on the beach at night. They p i s s and p o o on the sand and\or in the sea. Alot of them, particularly the youngest ones, seem to be alcoolics and/or drugged but there is also families with small childrens. some of the young guys are anonying trying to sale marijuana at every people walking on the beach side. I don't remember seen all this misery and poverty in the years before nobody from the city officials seem to care about the slow but sure transformation of the sea side in a vast outdoor slum we are still very far from the high quality family international resort level here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasia Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 poor old fella Hope someone helps him. Does not seem a good place to be if down on luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitero Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 And some complain Thailand want to see some money and insurances from people try to retire,, Well think again why.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhickson Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 32 minutes ago, SkyNets said: Rather be in a care home than a police station true, but you have to make it back there first. which means your probably already there paying taxes, or you saw the writing on the wall and bailed out early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 no cctv in the cop shop,? probably, but not working as most of the cctv cameras in Pattaya, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 hour ago, metempsychotic said: And that doesnt happen in the west, the elderly stacked like cordwood in homes because their families havent the time or inclination to visit? I doubt that his Western family, "banished" him to Pattaya. Now, to the question of the BIB giving, apparently, "not a ****" about what happened to him while in their sight and "on their watch"............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Palmer Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 An absolute disgrace. Karma will get those that left him there and will get those that ignored him. Land Of Smiles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Stephen Palmer said: An absolute disgrace. Karma will get those that left him there and will get those that ignored him. Land Of Smiles? I agree but Karma seems to bee overbooked nowadays and doesn't work very well in a lot of cases. Unfortunately most of the smiles are gone 4 years ago when the authoritarian project ''return of the hapiness for the people'' started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 why was he there in the first place,plus it took many days for them to do something/many questioned to be answered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Better trained police forces have a procedures for this sort of thing. The bib is not actually good police work. They have other things to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyNets Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 44 minutes ago, fhickson said: true, but you have to make it back there first. which means your probably already there paying taxes, or you saw the writing on the wall and bailed out early. I wouldn’t retire here, I think Thailand it a grate place but not for the twilight years. It’s all fun and games when immigration send you on document scavenging hunts, but at 80 would freak me out, especially if wheelchair bound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 2 hours ago, lazeeboy said: Anyone getting on in years should think about an exit plan if ever they become ill as no one gives a toss about you in this country Perhaps the sort of people you associate with don't. Many of us on here, who have loving, caring wives & close family, really do "give a toss" about us. _-------------------- Ok, back to the main topic... What will happen to this poor chap; such an undignified ending for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 3 hours ago, webfact said: The Thai public coming to do business at the police station Says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyNets Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 It’s all good and well having a number to call when grassing on foreigners, how about a number to call when things are bad. Tourist police/embassies are not going to help, one will end in fine and the other will just say contact a family member. Maybe it’s time we set up are own helpline, I for one would volunteer my free time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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